Carbon County man accused of threatening to blow up car, kill deputies

Tracy Don Ambrose, 36, is charged in 7th District Court with making a false alarm about a weapon of mass destruction, making a threat of terrorism, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Carbon County sheriff's deputies say Ambrose claimed to have a bomb in his car and threatened to detonate it, killing them and himself. No bomb was found.

A Carbon County man is facing felony charges after he claimed to have a bomb in the car he was driving and threatened to kill deputies, according to prosecutors.

PRICE — A Carbon County man is facing felony charges after he claimed to have a bomb in the car he was driving and threatened to kill deputies with it, according to prosecutors.

Tracy Don Ambrose, 36, was charged Friday in 7th District Court with making a false alarm related to a weapon of mass destruction and making a threat of terrorism, both second-degree felonies.

Ambrose is also charged with possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor.

Ambrose borrowed a friend's car July 5, but drove off the road about 5:10 p.m. and got the car stuck on a tree stump at 1265 N. Carbonville Road, Carbon County Attorney Gene Strate said.

Two people stopped to help Ambrose, but he threatened them and told them he would "shoot a cop if he needed to," Strate said. When sheriff's deputies responded, Ambrose held up his hand as if it were a gun and told them he would kill them, the prosecutor said.

"His only gun was a finger gun," Strate said, adding that Ambrose also told deputies he had a bomb and planned to detonate it. No bomb was found, but deputies could see two red wires running to a switch inside the car, Strate said.

Ambrose was booked into the Carbon County Jail. His first court appearance has not yet been scheduled.